Laetus
Hoplite recruit turn
I understand the reason why the Spartan Hoplites's recruit turn is crazy, but why is hoplite like Greek Hoplite and Celtic Hoplite requires 2 turns to recruit? Indo Hoplite, Triarii, Carthage Hoplite, and other similar units require only one turn. I know how to change them, but I'm just interested in why the 2 turns requirement. Is it game balance?
Praeses
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
IIRC the idea was to represent the greater difficulty in recruiting hoplites because they were drawn from a class of relatively wealthy citizens, with a tradition of fighting as hoplites.
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
AFAIK the Triarii used to fight with a hoplite shield around 280 BC.
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Tiro
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
Not sure where you got this information, but I think it's safe to say that this wasn't the case.Originally Posted by The_Judge
Praeses
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
The Romans are believed to have used Hoplite equipment and tactics up to c. 300 BC, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus mentions a couple of Roman towns where the Greek style of equipment was still popular in the time of Augustus. So it's quite likely that some Romans were still using the aspis in 280 BC. Some people guess that anyone who was still using a heavy spear as a primary weapon was probably still using the aspis, but there are no historical sources to confirm this, and Polybius gives the impression that all Roman legionaries were using the scutum.
Last edited by DimeBagHo; October 07, 2015 at 07:16 PM.
Tiro
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
Let's just call it the "hoplon" to get the confusion out the way for anyone reading this
Furthermore the Triarii were supposed to supply their own gear, so maybe some of them used hoplons instead of scuta for any reason imaginable. But it seems quite unlikely.
Ordinarius
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
Don't Triarii take two turns to recruit?
Either way, I don't mind. I love this mod... though am yet to crack it just yet. So I just keep bashing away at it...
Laetus
Re: Hoplite recruit turn
I stand corrected, Triarii DOES require two turns. At least I know for sure Indo Hoplite require only one turn, since I just had a blast creating a Baktrian empire XD, and then accidentally triggered the Chakravartin(?) title while I was avoiding the True Diadochi title. This would mean my empire's gonna go downhill from here T_T
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